New Orleans Saints quarterback Chase Daniel sees no competition from Luke McCown as the top backup to Drew Brees. If anything, he insists he is looking the other way.

“What competition?” Daniel said when asked about McCown after Friday’s practice. “I am trying to take Drew Brees’ spot. I don’t see a competition with any other quarterback but Drew on the roster right now.”

His boldness is more a state of mind than a statement of fact. Brees, the reigning AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year and new owner of the richest contract in league history, is untouchable. Still, Daniel made it clear he considered himself just as locked into a roster spot.

That would take away one of the few interesting elements of New Orleans’ exhibition opener against Arizona on Sunday at the Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio. With five preseason games on the docket and only eight training camp practices behind them, the Saints’ starters likely will play sparingly, giving way to backups competing for roster spots.

McCown, a nine-year veteran, is one of them. He signed in June and has shown a strong arm in training camp.

Interim coach Joe Vitt refused to talk about the plan for snaps, saying only that it would be similar to what the Saints did in 2007, the last time they were in the Hall of Fame game.

Brees figures to play for a series or two, followed by Daniel, McCown and Sean Canfield (Carlsbad High).

No more leap?

Aaron Rodgers was flinging passes all over the place and a large Lambeau Field crowd was enjoying every minute of it.

Still, there was one wrinkle that got the attention of the Packers and coach Mike McCarthy during Friday’s “Family Night” scrimmage: A crew of replacement officials that wasn’t shy about making calls — even unpopular ones.

The replacement crew drew a rousing round of boos from the crowd for calling an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty when several Packers did a “Lambeau Leap” into the stands after running back James Starks scored on the No. 1 offense’s first drive.

Around the league

With four interior linemen hurt and not available for practice less than a week into training camp, the Cowboys worked out three of their former guards. They agreed to terms with two of them on one-year deals. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Derrick Dockery and Daniel Loper had already agreed to terms before practice wrapped up after that. Montrae Holland tweeted it didn’t look as if he would be able to work out a deal.

• Free-agent safety Jim Leonhard received a chance to take a physical and meet with some former teammates, but not much else at Bills training camp. He did not receiver an offer as of yet.